Saab 2007 owner manual Safety

34 Safety

WARNING

Achild in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger’s airbag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflat- ing airbag.

Even though the passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the passen- ger’s frontal airbag if the system detects a rear-facing child restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off. Saab recommends that rear-facing child restraints be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off.

The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the right front passenger’s frontal airbag if:

•the right front passenger seat is unoccu- pied

•the system determines that an infant is present in a rear-facing infant seat

•the system determines that a small child is present in a forward-facing child restraint

•the system determines that a small child is present in a booster seat

•a right front passenger takes his/her weight off of the seat for a period of time

•the right front passenger seat is occupied by a smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown child restraints

•or if there is a critical problem with the airbag system or the passenger sensing system.

When the passenger sensing system has turned off the passenger’s frontal air bag, the off indicator will light and stay lit to remind you that the airbag is off.

If a child restraint has been installed (Saab recommends that child restraints be secured in the rear seat) and the on indica- tor is lit, turn the vehicle off. Remove the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the child restraint following the child restraint manufacturer’s directions and refer to Installation of rear facing child restraints on page 28.

If after reinstalling the child restraint and restarting the vehicle, the on indicator is still lit, check to make sure that the vehicle’s seatback is not pressing the child restraint into the seat cushion. If this happens, slightly recline the vehicle’s seatback and adjust the seat cushion if possible. Also make sure the child restraint is not trapped under the vehicle head restraint. If this hap- pens, adjust the head restraint.